JAKARTA (foresthints.news) - Satellite data confirms that over the course of a year, from July last year to July this year, bulldozing of the Bornean orangutan’s habitat in a concession took place continuously to make way for new palm oil plantations, and there is still absolutely no sign of this practice ending.

The year-long destruction of the Bornean orangutan's habitat in the palm oil concession previously owned by GenP was recently demonstrated by Greenomics (Jul 30) using the following Planet Explorer images.

Furthermore, some other RSPO members which are not part of TFT, such as Unilever and PepsiCo, are also doing the same thing by failing to disengage their supply chains from the concession associated with this year-long obliteration of the Bornean orangutan's habitat.

The year-long and continuing removal of the Bornean orangutan's precious habitat to clear the way for new palm oil plantations certainly provides a key, albeit sad, lesson learned.

This situation also reaffirms that RSPO and TFT members must take responsibility for the fact that their supply chains are still tainted by the disappearance of forests inhabited by the Bornean orangutan.